Job Market Resources
Advice
Tammy Mitchell’s Guide to the Academic Job Market
“My students often ask for advice on preparing for the job market, so I compiled this PDF based on my experience from 2018-19.”
Pro Tips for Academic Job Interviews
“Pro tips” for acing academic job interviews and campus visits.
How to Look Good in Skype Interviews
Look your best when interviewed by video over the internet.
The Professor is In
“Guidance for all things PhD: Grad school, job market, careers in the academy & out.”
The Hiring Process From The Other Side
“Once you have seen in it from the inside, any illusions that the academic job search is a wholly rational process designed to yield the best candidate for the position are burst asunder.”
The Academic Job Search Handbook
“The guide includes information on aspects of the search that are common to all levels, with invaluable tips for those seeking their first or second faculty position.”
The Academic Job Market in Canada
“My most important academic job market advice is that a large portion of the variation in the outcome is, while not literally random, totally out of your control.”
Free Professionalization Resources
An ever-expanding collection of academic professionalization resources curated by Jonathan Sterne
Resources
ProFellow
Find your dream fellowship. Search our free database of more than 2,300 funding awards for graduate study and professional development
Subprograma de Incorporación de Jóvenes Académicos de Carrera (SIJA)
Incorporación de jóvenes graduados/as para desempeñar las tareas docentes, de investigación y de difusión de la cultura que la UNAM requiere.
Estancias Posdoctorales por México
Sistema de registro de solicitudes de Estancias Posdoctorales por México
MLA Job List
Published by the Modern Language Association, the Job List features announcements for available positions in humanities fields in and outside academia.
Programa de Becas Posdoctorales en la UNAM (POSDOC)
Fortalecer el quehacer científico y docente de alto nivel, apoyando a recién doctorados y doctoradas para que desarrollen un proyecto de investigación novedoso en la UNAM.
Universidad Veracruzana
Convocatorias Plazas de Tiempo Completo 2022
MLA Guidelines for Evaluating Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship
Core principles for the evaluation of public humanities scholarship in Language and Literature Programs
LASA Career Center
LASA Career Center offers professional services to help you build and manage your career.
Conferences
Juan Bruce-Novoa Mexican Studies Conference
Juan Bruce-Novoa Mexican Studies Conference, UC-Irvine.
Congreso de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea
Congreso de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, The University of Texas at El Paso